Sunday, February 04, 2007

WORSHIP

GLORIOUS GOD,
It is the flame of my life to worship thee,
the crown and glory of my soul to adore thee,
heavenly pleasure to approach thee.
GIVE me power by thy Spirit to help me worship now,
that I may forget the world,
be brought into the fullness of life,
be refreshed, comforted, blessed.
GIVE me knowledge of thy goodness
that I might not be over-awed by thy greatness;
GIVE me Jesus, Son of Man, Son of God,
that I might not be terrified,
but be drawn near with filial love,
with holy boldness;
HE is my mediator, brother, interpreter,
branch, daysman, Lamb;
him I glorify,
in him I am set on high.
CROWNS to give I have none,
but what thou hast given I return,
content to feel that everything is mine when it is thine,
and the more fully mine when I have yielded it to thee.
LET me live wholly to my Saviour,
free from distractions,
from carking care,
from hindrances to the pursuit of the narrow way.
I am pardoned through the blood of Jesus ----
give me a new sense of it,
continue to pardon me by it,
may I come every day to the fountain,
and every day be washed anew,
that I may worship thee always is spirit and truth.

Valley of Vision: a colletion of Puritan prayers and devotions

PS Had to look up the word *carking*. It means distressful, worrisome.

2 comments:

  1. Thank you for looking it up. Carking care... I look how that sounds.

    Also: I am pardoned - give me a new sense of it.

    Glorious prayer.

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  2. I love this...reminds me of the verse in Psalm 141:2 "Let my prayer be set before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice". I'm over visiting from Soli Deo Gloria...=) and enjoying getting to know you a little bit..

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